Thermoregulatory response and oxidative stress indices of rabbit bucks administered ascorbic acid and sodium bicarbonate in a humid tropical environment

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 4 Ear temperature (°C) of heat-stressed bucks administered ascorbic acid and sodium bicarbonate and their combination

Weeks	Time	T1	T2	T3	T4
4	8am 4pm Daily	37.16 ± 0.62 38.56 ± 0.45 37.86 ± 0.44	37.01 ± 1.12 38.83 ± 0.57 37.92 ± 0.77	36.68 ± 0.97 38.66 ± 0.78 37.67 ± 0.66	37.28 ± 0.51 38.78 ± 0.29 38.03 ± 0.36
5	8am 4pm Daily	37.44 ± 1.00 38.70 ± 0.47 38.07 ± 0.69	37.41 ± 0.83 38.55 ± 0.32 37.98 ± 0.51	37.71 ± 0.96 38.53 ± 0.45 38.12 ± 0.70	38.01 ± 0.71 38.51 ± 0.58 38.26 ± 0.52
6	8am 4pm Daily	37.22 ± 0.56 38.12 ± 0.22 37.67 ± 0.36	37.06 ± 0.18 38.48 ± 0.30 37.77 ± 0.21	37.85 ± 0.84 38.63 ± 0.54 38.24 ± 0.61	37.24 ± 0.53 38.70 ± 0.33 37.97 ± 0.30
7	8am 4pm Daily	36.78 ± 0.29 38.20 ± 0.23 37.49 ± 0.26	37.53 ± 0.31 38.30 ± 0.31 37.91 ± 0.29	37.50 ± 0.82 38.15 ± 0.37 37.82 ± 0.58	37.90 ± 0.36 38.38 ± 0.29 38.14 ± 0.30
8	8am 4pm Daily	37.40 ± 0.71 38.66 ± 0.30 38.03 ± 0.44	37.75 ± 1.04 38.68 ± 0.30 38.21 ± 0.64	36.85 ± 1.13 38.41 ± 0.43 37.63 ± 0.71	37.78 ± 0.87 38.90 ± 0.23 38.34 ± 0.46
9	8am 4pm Daily	38.36 ± 0.41 38.74 ± 0.28 38.55 ± 0.32	38.20 ± 0.51 38.50 ± 0.40 38.35 ± 0.38	38.56 ± 0.25 38.66 ± 0.32 38.61 ± 0.26	37.60 ± 0.58 38.84 ± 0.44 38.22 ± 0.46
10	8am 4pm Daily	37.30 ± 0.43 38.20 ± 0.10 37.75 ± 0.25	37.48 ± 0.33 38.08 ± 0.21 37.78 ± 0.25	37.21 ± 0.58 37.96 ± 0.15 37.59 ± 0.36	37.61 ± 0.56 38.50 ± 0.36 38.05 ± 0.37
11	8am 4pm Daily	37.56 ± 0.48 38.22 ± 0.16 37.89 ± 0.29	37.68 ± 0.31 38.53 ± 0.13 38.10 ± 0.18	37.56 ± 0.22 38.21 ± 0.21 37.89 ± 0.20	37.68 ± 0.29 38.54 ± 0.25 38.11 ± 0.19